The Games Black Girls Play: Learning the Ropes from Double-Dutch to Hip-Hop

2007 Alan Merriam Prize presented by the Society for Ethnomusicology 2007 PEN/Beyond Margins Book Award Finalist Explores...
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Author: Kyra D. Gaunt
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The Games Black Girls Play: Learning the Ropes from Double-Dutch to Hip-Hop by Gaunt, Kyra D.

The Games Black Girls Play: Learning the Ropes from Double-Dutch to Hip-Hop

Dhs. 261.32

The Games Black Girls Play: Learning the Ropes from Double-Dutch to Hip-Hop

Dhs. 261.32
Author: Kyra D. Gaunt
Format: Paperback
Language: English

2007 Alan Merriam Prize presented by the Society for Ethnomusicology

2007 PEN/Beyond Margins Book Award Finalist

Explores how the traditions of black music are intertwined in the games black girls grow up with

When we think of African American popular music, our first thought is probably not of double-dutch: girls bouncing between two twirling ropes, keeping time to the tick-tat under their toes. But this book argues that the games black girls play--handclapping songs, cheers, and double-dutch jump rope--both reflect and inspire the principles of black popular musicmaking.

The Games Black Girls Play illustrates how black musical styles are incorporated into the earliest games African American girls learn--how, in effect, these games contain the DNA of black music. Drawing on interviews, recordings of handclapping games and cheers, and her own observation and memories of gameplaying, Kyra D. Gaunt argues that black girls' games are connected to long traditions of African and African American musicmaking, and that they teach vital musical and social lessons that are carried into adulthood. In this celebration of playground poetry and childhood choreography, she uncovers the surprisingly rich contributions of girls' play to black popular culture.

Author: Kyra D. Gaunt
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 02/06/2006
Pages: 238
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.84h x 6.66w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9780814731208


Review Citation(s):
Black Issues Book Review 05/01/2006 pg. 43
Choice 09/01/2006 pg. 122

About the Author

Kyra D. Gaunt is associate professor of ethnomusicology at Baruch College-CUNY. She lectures nationally and internationally on African Americans and Africans in the U.S. She is also a jazz vocalist, songwriter and recording artist.


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